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Export of a single drug molecule in two transport cycles by a multidrug efflux pump.
Nature communications - 8 Aug 2014
Fluman Nir, Adler Julia, Rotenberg Susan A, Brown Melissa H, Bibi Eitan
Abstract excerpt
Secondary multidrug transporters use ion concentration gradients to energize the removal from cells of various antibiotics. The Escherichia coli multidrug transporter MdfA exchanges a single proton with a single monovalent cationic drug molecule. This stoichiometry renders the efflux of divalent cationic drugs energetically unfavourable, as it requires exchange with at least two protons. Here we show that...
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